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Home Media Server
A NAS, a media server, and an automation stack that finds and organizes things without us babysitting it. Jellyfin, the Arr stack, and the endless Synology vs QNAP argument.
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Projects
The technical record: what we built, how, and what we'd do differently. For the ongoing commentary, that's what the blog is for.
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Rebuilding rootlabs.us
This site, rebuilt from the ground up: new AWS home, Caddy with automatic HTTPS, PHP, and a WordPress blog, plus a full redesign into the lab notebook you're reading now.
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The print lab
FDM and resin printing across PLA, PETG, ABS, TPU, and specialty resins. Functional parts, replacement components, fixture jigs, and the occasional beautiful failure.
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Smart home, the hard way
IoT devices, hub upgrades, OTA firmware, voice control, and energy monitoring. Automating the house one stubborn device at a time, with the network locked down properly.
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IT Empire Idle
A browser-based idle game about climbing the IT industry ladder. Because if you can't escape tickets at work, you might as well gamify them.
King Mechanical Specialty
Our breakout project — the first big public thing Root Labs shipped. A full custom build for King Mechanical Specialty, an industrial valve and instrumentation distributor serving power generation, oil & gas, chemical processing, and more. Hand-built — no CMS, no framework — with a full product-line catalog and gallery.